2023 Illinois State Redbirds football team

The 2023 Illinois State Redbirds football team will represent Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led 15th-year head coach Brock Spack. Illinois State will play home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

2023 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record4–3 (2–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTravis Niekamp (6th season)
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(capacity: 13,391)
2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 South Dakota State  4 –0   7 –0  
No. 4 South Dakota  4 –0   6 –1  
No. 23 Northern Iowa  3 –1   4 –3  
No. 11 Southern Illinois  2 –2   5 –2  
No. 12 North Dakota State  2 –2   5 –2  
No. 15 North Dakota  2 –2   4 –3  
No. 24 Youngstown State  2 –2   4 –3  
Illinois State  2 –2   4 –3  
Missouri State  2 –2   3 –4  
Murray State  1 –3   2 –5  
Indiana State  0 –4   0 –7  
Western Illinois  0 –4   0 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
As of October 27, 2023
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 p.m.Dayton*
Marquee/ESPN+W 41–06,740
September 93:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN+W 34–183,648
September 162:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois*
ESPN+L 13–146,602
September 2312:00 p.m.Lindenwood*
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN+W 48–1713,391
October 76:00 p.m.No. 1 South Dakota State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+L 21–408,272
October 142:00 p.m.Indiana Statedagger
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+W 44–79,135
October 211:00 p.m.No. 25 Youngstown State
ESPN+L 38–4110,022
October 2812:00 p.m.No. 23 Northern Iowa
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN+
November 42:00 p.m.at Missouri State
ESPN+
November 1111:00 a.m.Murray State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+
November 181:00 p.m.at North Dakota
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

References
  1. "2023 Illinois State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  2. "2023 Football Schedule". Illinois State Athletics. Retrieved March 23, 2023.


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